Joey Porters Pit Bull's

[justanotherpackfan]

Ferguson owns several Pit Bulls.

Really? I always thought of Ferguson as more of an Alligator type of guy.

Wow.

[mission]

Yeah there is always someone to defend them!

For good reason...

Pit Bulls will become what they're raised to become. I've been around some (in my family) that won't even bark. Incredibly loyal dogs who won't even go so far as to show teeth.

My finance is a vet tech and started out working in a kennel and ive been around a lot of dogs and have always had some myself. The development of a puppy pitbull comes down entirely to their owner and the persona that gets encouraged as the dog is learning right from wrong.

The problem is that the dogs have reputations of being potentially dangerous so people who related to that / need protection / are crazy themselves are turned on to the prospect of a minature killer "working" for them. So these dogs get negative behavior encouraged, end up hurting / killing someone/thing and the whole breed gets labeled as violent when they're just very capable of being violent. Like most anything else with enough influence I guess.

[HarveyWallbangers]

They (Pit Bulls) were bulldogs that were trained and bred to fight over in Europe before being brought over here. I guess the fact that they've been bred to fight for a few hundred years hasn't had any affect on them.

I'll stay away from them. My own personal experience probably taints me though. A cousin of mine had a Rottweiler. That was the sweetest dog ever. A friend of mine had a Pit Bull. It seemed okay--until it ferociously attacked a friend of his. He got rid of it.

I really don't care that much, but I'll try to avoid them as much as possible. I definitely won't be getting one as a pet.

[GBRulz]

harv, that's kinda how I feel about German Shepards. I was bitten by one when I was 9. Then, about a year ago, i was doing some yardwork out front while my lab was out there with me and a German Shepard came into the yard and went after my dog. Someone was walking it, but lost control of it for a moment and it got away from her. Luckily nobody was hurt, but well....it's been enough for me to not be a big fan of that breed.

[the_idle_threat]

Dog for protection? I keep a shotgun for protection ... it doesn't have free will.